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I don't recall it clearly enough to say for sure. but this seems like a reasonable take. I'm sure a conservative game plan is what killed them against New Orleans. In that game, with Brees out, it seemed apparent the team believed they would win as long as they didn't make big mistakes, so they went ultra conservative on offense to avoid mistakes. The result is it stagnated the offense. The same may well have been the case against the Jets.
I just listened to part of a Cowboys Break episode the other day, and they mentioned "Garrett's M.O.", where he tried to play conservatively no matter what and keep the game within a touchdown to hopefully 'pull out a victory' at the end. I guess it's now OK for even the Cowboys-owned media to admit the obvious at this point since the pet project is no longer here.